1. List 2 specific ways Greece’s geography helped it development positively
  2. What characteristics would you use to describe the Minoans
  3. What characteristics would you use to describe the Mycenaean’s
  4. Why do we still study Greek myths even though we know they are not true?
  5. Who were the major players on the Greek’s side during the Trojan War?
  6. Who were the major players on the Trojans side?
  7. What is the mythical reason behind the cause of the Trojan war?
  8. What is the historical reasoning behind the cause of the Trojan war?
  9. How did the Greeks finally defeat the Trojans?
  10. What was Corinth’s claim to fame?
  11. What was Megara’s claim to fame?
  12. What was Argo’s claim to fame?
  13. What was Sparta’s claim to fame?
  14. What was Athen’s claim to fame?
  15. How was the location of Athen’s and Sparta different from each other?
  16. How do you think that difference effected their development?
  17. How was the role of women different in Athens and Sparta?
  18. Why do you think it was that way?
  19. What is the major difference between direct and indirect democracy?
  20. What did Pericles mean when he said “we have the double advantage of escaping the experience of hardships in anticipation and of facing them in the hour of need as fearlessly as those who are never free of them.”
  21. What does Pericles use his funeral oration to accomplish?
  22. “We cultivate refinement without extravagance and knowledge without effeminacy” What does this mean?
  23. How is this quote represented through the architecture?

Back in the polis

  1. What was Corinth’s claim to fame?
  2. What was Megara’s claim to fame?
  3. What was Argo’s claim to fame?
  4. How was the location of Athen’s and Sparta different from each other?
  5. Why do you think women in Sparta had more rights than women in Athens?

The Beginning

  1. List 2 specific ways Greece’s geography helped its development positively.
  2. What characteristics would you use to describe the Minoans?
  3. What caused the fall of the Minoans?
  4. What characteristics would you use to describe the Mycenaean’s?
  5. Why do we still study Greek myths even though we know they are not true?

War what is it good for

  1. Why is the battle of Marathon so important?
  2. During the Battle of Salamis what creative fighting technique was used?
  3. Who were the major players on the Greek side and who were the major players on the Trojan’s side during the Trojan war?
  4. What is the connection between the Peloponnesian war and the Macedonian empire?
  5. Why was Alexander able to defeat the Persians?

Lead do not follow

  1. What is Cleisthenes most famous for?
  2. Why is Miltiades so important?
  3. How does Xerxes help the Persians?
  4. What was Alexander the Great’s major goal for his empire?
  5. What does Pericles use his funeral oration to accomplish?

But why?

  1. What type of government did Plato prefer?
  2. What was Socrates’ major goal as a philosopher?
  3. If you were a Stoic and you extremely wealthy how would you describe the reasoning behind your fortune?
  4. If you were a Epicurean and you had a choice between doing your homework and going the beach which would you do and why?
  5. What did Aristotle mean by the “golden mean?”

FINAL JEOPARDY

  1. List 2 accomplishments of Pericles
  2. Explain this quote

“We cultivate refinement without extravagance and knowledge without effeminacy” What does this mean?

  1. Where do we see the main idea of this quote being carried out in Greek life?